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Privacy Statement in protest against mass surveillance

The Government Accountability Project (GAP) in Washington is distributing a privacy statement for email users to add as part of their signature line to protest the National Security Agency’s (NSA) unconstitutional surveillance programs revealed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. See GAP’s eAlert campaign.

“For anyone who wonders what they can do about the surveillance state, this is one very tangible act of protest you can perform today,” states GAP Executive Director Beatrice Edwards. “This is a reminder to both senders and recipients that dragnet warrantless surveillance affects us all. It’s illegal and highly intrusive in our daily lives.”

For those who wish to adapt the privacy statement to an international or a different national context here is sample wording from WIN – in English, Afrikaans, German, Dutch, Spanish, Arabic, Russian,Ukrainian, and Polish.

This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored in secret by national security agencies around the world including the National Security Agency (NSA). The parties to this email do not consent to this nor to the retrieving or storing of this communication and any related metadata, as well as printing, copying, re-transmitting, disseminating, or otherwise using it. If you believe you have received this communication in error, please delete it immediately. (English)